Finghin MacCarthy Reagh ( ga, Fínghin Mac Carthaigh Riabhach) was the 10th Prince of

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from 1478 to his death in 1505. He belonged to the

MacCarthy Reagh The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach (anglicised ''MacCarthy Reagh'') dynasty are a branch of the MacCarthy dynasty, Kings of Desmond, deriving from the Eóganacht Chaisil sept. History The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach seated themselves as kings of Carbery in ...

dynasty,Irish Pedigrees: MacCarthy Reagh, Prince of Carbery
(#118) and was the eldest son of Dermod an Duna MacCarthy Reagh, 8th Prince of Carbery. He was born in 1425 or 1430.

Life

He was held in high regard by

Henry VII of England Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort ...

, who in 1484 "authorized" (encouraged) him, along with his kinsman Cormac MacTeige, Lord of Muskerry, to receive the homage of the various Irish lords and chiefs of the region. It was for Finghin and his wife Katherine that the famous

Book of Lismore The Book of Lismore, also known as the Book of Mac Carthaigh Riabhach, is a late fifteenth-century Gaelic manuscript that was created at Kilbrittain in County Cork, Ireland, for Fínghean Mac Carthaigh, Lord of Carbery (1478–1505). Defective ...

was compiled.Diarmaid Ó Murchadha, ''Family Names of County Cork''. Cork: The Collins Press. 2nd edition, 1996. p. 54

Marriage and issue

Finghin married

Katherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...

, daughter of

Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (died 1467/68), called 'Thomas of Drogheda', and also known as the Great Earl, was the son of James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond and Mary de Burgh. He was Lord Deputy of Ireland under the Lieute ...

, and they had issue: # Donal MacFineere MacCarthy Reagh, 12th Prince of Carbery # Donogh # Dermod # Ilin, married James

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, Lord Ibane with the possible addition of another son, Cormac.

References

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